March 2003

Chinwag's Old Blog: October - Government Spam Crackdown

It's official. From October all unsolicited email in the EU is illegal. No, really, it's true. Well, kind of. In reality legitimate companies need to give the customer an option to subscribe and also be clear about what they're going to receive.

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10 March 2003 by Sam Michel

Chinwag's Old Blog: 40% of US Home Users Want Anti-Spam Solution

According to a recent US survey of home users, nearly 40% are interested in having anti-spam software or services to protect their inbox. It's not difficult to empathise with this view and not surprising that AOL and MSN have both recently offered new anti-spam tools.

The research also threw up some other interesting titbits...entrepreneurs and visionary ISPs take note:

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7 March 2003 by Sam Michel